Training and Exercise Section

The Training Unit coordinates the delivery of courses in the field for primarily county and municipal responders. The Exercise Unit serves the training needs of Division staff and members of the State Emergency Response Team (SERT) which includes representatives of the state agencies and other organizations that staff the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC).

Training Applications Update

In effort to improve service to our customers, we have centralized the process for submitting training requests. If your email is a training request of any nature, please send it to FDEM.STO@em.myflorida.com. Your request will be handled by a member of the training staff within two working days. If a response is not received after two working days, please forward your request to Chief of Preparedness, Linda McWhorter at Linda.McWhorter@em.myflorida.com.

As a component of better service to you, please send all training request in PDF format. After reviewing the training request it will be digitally signed by the designated training coordinator and the State Training Officer, and then forwarded to appropriate training agency.

Please use the following example naming conventions for each training agency: